dot¹ Definition
dot (dät)
noun
- a tiny spot, speck, or mark, esp. one made with or as with a pointed object; as
- a point used in orthography or punctuation; specif., the mark placed above an i or j in writing or printing
- Math. a decimal point; also, a point used as a symbol of multiplication
- Music a point after a note or rest, increasing its time value by one half; also, a point put above or below a note to show that it is staccato
- any small, round spot polka dot
- Telegraphy a short sound or click, as in Morse code
Etymology: OE dott, head of boil: prob. reinforced (16th c.) by Du dot, akin to Ger dütte, nipple, Du dodde, a plug, Norw, LowG dott, little heap or swelling
transitive verb dot′·ted, dot′·ting
- to mark with or as with a dot
- to make or form with dots a dotted line
- to cover with or as with dots; appear as dotlike parts in gas stations dotted the landscape
intransitive verb
to make a dot or dots
dot¹ Related Forms
dot¹ Idioms
dot one's i's and cross one's t's
to be minutely correct or detailed in doing or saying something
on the dot
Informal at the exact time or point
dot² Definition
dot (dôt)
dot² Related Forms
DOT Definition
DOT
Department of Transportation
dot Synonyms
dot
n.
on the dot*
dot Telecom Definition
- The shorter of the two signal elements in Morse code telegraphy, created by closing an electrical circuit with a mechanical key for a short period of time. A dot is audible as a brief click or buzz, called a dit by radiotelegraph operators, and is graphically represented as a small round mark. See also dash, Morse code, and telegraph.
- Marion Estelle Edison (1873
dot Usage Examples
Object
- com: Let Mortgage San Diego dot com help you buy or refinance your home with the right home loan mortgage.
- org: If you have a dot org or a dot net, it is just one more thing for people to have to remember.
- coms: Or how the Newspaper dot coms manage hundreds of HTML pages every day?
- i's: Make sure you get your lawyer to dot the i's and cross the t's here.
- boom: During the dot com boom I made a good wage, which allowed me to attend two or three a year.
- pattern: If there are gaps in the dot pattern, continue with another cycle.
Converse of object
connect: Simon Says: May 8th, 2006 at 12:45 pm Am I not connecting the dots here?
Adjective modifier
- luminous: I sighed and studied the luminous dots and lines on my wrist.
- colored: A medical scan of a head or a heart might include many millions of these tiny colored dots.
- tiny: A medical scan of a head or a heart might include many millions of these tiny colored dots.
- Red: Red dots over the crosshair and a beep indicates that rockets are locked.
Modifies a noun
com: You could lose some traffic to your dot com competitor.
Noun used with modifier
- polka: A really cool mens vintage tie in turquoise satin, featuring dark blue polka dots.
- quantum: There is a display made by Canon that uses nano-composites, but they are metallic particles and not quantum dots.
- phosphor: In most color monitors the dots are built of triads, groups of three phosphor dots, one for Red, Green and Blue.
Preposition: with
- farmstead: From here, your path crosses the border into Austria then descends gradually through green meadows grazed by cows and dotted with isolated farmsteads.
- butter: Season with salt and pepper, sprinkle with the cheese and dot with butter.
- cove: The coastline is dotted with discreet coves and some of the finest beaches in the Caribbean, many of which are totally undeveloped.
- clump: The dunes themselves were dotted with grass clumps with plumed awns.
Preposition: per
inch: Resolution We print our masters at three hundred dots per inch.
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